(v): deliver a warrant or summons to someone
(v): cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
(v): clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
(v): cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
(v): make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
(v): move by or as if by water
(v): cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
(v): be capable of being washed
(v): have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
(v): admit to testing or proof
(v): be in effect; be or remain in force
(v): separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
(v): divide into components or constituents
(v): apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
(v): provide with a covering or cause to be covered
(v): remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
(v): remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
(v): form by erosion
(v): remove soil or rock
(v): make moist
(v): cause to become wet
(v): wash or flow against
(v): cover or swamp with water
(v): to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
(v): clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
(n): a thin coat of water-base paint
(n): paint in which water is used as the vehicle
(n): the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
(n): activity directed toward making or doing something
(n): the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
(n): a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream
(n): the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
(n): the washing away of soil by the flow of water
(n): the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
(n): any uninterrupted stream or discharge
(n): a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
(n): a painting produced with watercolors
(n): garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
(n): an article of clothing
(n): drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth
(n): any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
(n): activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise
Nigerian English - Use a newly acquired item for the first time. If new car is bought washing includes prayer for safe travelling after which drinks are served.
I've never heard "George Warshington" before. Shoosh, that's funny.
It's also a classic Pittsburgh-ism, so some of those consonants didn't migrate as far as Ohio. :-)
I know lots of people from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana who say "warsh." Also some from western Virginia--Roanoke area.
It annoys me because they also say "George Warshington," which is just... come on. That blows.
Of course! The universal law of conservation of consonants. Clearly I need to page through my grade school texts as a refresher; I'd completely forgotten it. ;)
*sound of jaw hitting the floor in rapt amazement*
I think that "warsh' for "wash" is just a manifestation of the universal law of conservation of consonants. All those 'r's gone AWOL from pahking the cah in Hahvahd yahd had to show up somewhere. It is believed that they heeded Horace Greeley's exhortation to "go west", following the manifest destiny of consonants, and ended up in Illinois.
It's a regional thing. Warsh is more commonly heard than wash in north central Illinois. At least in my own personal experience.
My grandma always said warsh, so I'm rather fond of it, myself.
I absolutely hate it with a burning passion when people say warsh. Ughhhh...